St. Francis of Assisi, Confessor (4 October) ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger

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Dom Prosper Guéranger presents St. Francis of Assisi as the Seraphic Father, the living standard of Christ Crucified, and the saint whose embrace of holy poverty helped renew the medieval Church. Drawing upon Revelation, Dante’s Paradiso, St. Bonaventure, and the Church’s traditional account, this reading identifies Francis with the angel ascending from the East bearing the seal of the Living God. That seal would become visible in his own flesh through the sacred stigmata. Follow Francis from his youthful dreams of worldly knighthood to Christ’s command: “Go and repair My house.” He answered through penance, tears for the Passion, missionary courage, and his mystical espousal to Lady Poverty. His zeal brought him before the Muslim Sultan, inspired thousands of Friars Minor, produced the Franciscan Third Order, and renewed devotion throughout Christendom. The reading also explores his Canticle of the Creatures, his harmony with creation, the Portiuncula, the vision of the seraph on Mount Alvernia, and his final return to St. Mary of the Angels. St. Francis teaches that union with Christ is found through humility, patience, poverty, suffering, and conformity to the Cross. 🙏 St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us! 00:00 St. Francis of Assisi, Confessor 00:19 The angel bearing the seal of God 00:35 The Sixth Seal and the day of wrath 01:11 Francis delays judgment upon the world 01:35 The seraph marked with the stigmata 01:42 Dante: “A sun arose upon the world” 02:24 Francis’ mystical marriage to Lady Poverty 03:05 Bernard and Sylvester follow Francis 03:36 Pope Innocent III approves his religious seal 03:52 Francis preaches Christ before the Sultan 04:08 Receiving Christ’s final signet 04:21 His final embrace of holy poverty 04:51 The Cross restored before the world 05:00 Francis’ worldly youth and dreams of knighthood 05:49 God reveals his true mission 06:31 “Go and repair My house” 06:48 Rallying the Church around the Cross 07:04 Tears for the Passion of Christ 07:19 Holy poverty brings true liberty 07:35 Rejected by family and mocked by the world 07:58 The poverty of the eternal Son 08:35 Lady Poverty as bride and sister 08:59 Poverty from Bethlehem to Calvary 09:36 Francis’ love for most poor Jesus 10:08 Mount Alvernia and the stigmata 10:23 “Love has cast me into a furnace” 12:04 The Knights of the Round Table 12:19 Five thousand Friars Minor at Assisi 12:43 Founding the Franciscan Third Order 12:50 St. Louis IX and St. Elizabeth of Hungary 13:08 Francis, Dominic and Catholic renewal 13:24 The spiritual dominion of the Poor Man 13:39 Francis and the obedience of creation 14:17 The divine fire within him 14:41 Discovering God’s goodness in creation 15:05 Brother and sister to every creature 15:29 The Canticle of the Creatures 16:09 Praising God through suffering and death 16:33 Final journeys after receiving the stigmata 16:49 Francis blesses Assisi 17:12 St. Mary of the Angels and the Portiuncula 17:28 Death of St. Francis 17:35 The larks sing at his passing 17:43 From the Hill of Hell to the Hill of Paradise 17:59 The Basilica and the art of Giotto 18:16 The Church’s account of his early life 18:24 His vow never to refuse alms 18:48 Conversion and works of charity 19:03 Renouncing his inheritance 19:27 The Gospel becomes his rule 19:42 Founding the Friars Minor 19:50 Pope Innocent III’s prophetic dream 20:16 Preaching throughout the world 20:34 Forty days on Mount Alvernia 20:42 Vision of the crucified seraph 20:56 Witnesses to the sacred wounds 21:11 Final illness at St. Mary of the Angels 21:27 His final psalm and holy death 21:44 Canonization by Pope Gregory IX 21:53 Francis brings springtime to Christendom 22:23 The Cross raised before the Church 22:55 Conformity to Christ Crucified 23:22 The road of humility, patience and suffering 23:45 Prayer for the Franciscan family 24:22 Francis, Dominic and Our Lady’s mantle 24:40 Closing https://sensusfidelium.com/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/october/october-4-st-francis-confessor/ #StFrancisOfAssisi #DomGueranger #TheLiturgicalYear #Franciscan #Stigmata #LadyPoverty #CatholicSaints 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 ✝️ SUPPORT THE MISSION 🙏 Donate https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 📬 Free Catholic Newsletter https://sensusfidelium.com/newsletter/ 📰 Read on Substack https://sensusfidelium.substack.com/ ──────────────────── 📺 WATCH & READ 📺 Sensus Fidelium App https://sensusfidelium.tv/ 📚 Sensus Fidelium Press https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ 👕 Official Merchandise https://sensusfidelium.com/merchandise/ ──────────────────── 🤝 PARTNER WITH US 📣 Advertise on Sensus Fidelium https://sensusfidelium.com/advertise-with-sensus-fidelium/ 🎤 Invite Steve Cunningham to Speak https://sensusfidelium.com/speaking/ ⛪ Parish Formation & Consultation https://sensusfidelium.com/for-parishes/ ──────────────────── 🌎 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY ✝️ Trusted Catholic Businesses https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ �